Hot Oil Hair Treatments Decoded

By now you’ve almost surely heard at least one person raving
about the benefits of the hot oil treatment for hair. Whether
you’ve dismissed it as a simple fad or got interested, chances are
the hot oil hair treatment has stirred your curiosity. If you’re
pondering whether you should give the hot oil treatment a go, here
are some things you should know about it:

First off, as stated, there are many benefits that make including a
homemade hot oil treatment in your weekly hair care routine
regardless of whether you have dry hair or your stands are on the
oily side. The most important are: maintaining the hair’s moisture,
increasing shine, nourishing the hair strands, preventing
frizziness and adding volume. Furthermore, if you go the DIY route,
your beauty budget won’t suffer.

Choosing the oil or oils is the crucial step for optimizing your
hot oil hair treatments. Olive oil is perhaps the most common
choice as it is the most affordable, yet it is far from being the
only one. Jojoba oil, another popular choice is a great option
since it resembles the hair’s own structure. Coconut oil is widely
recognized for its ability to add shine, castor oil is recognized
for adding strength to breakage prone hair while avocado oil is
great for battling frizziness.

Choosing the best hot oil treatment for hair is as you can see
highly dependent on your needs but if you’re only beginning with
the treatment, experimenting with different oils is perhaps the
best strategy. You can even mix oils for added benefits. Now, let’s
see the simple way to use this info for a fabulous hair.

Choose the desired oil or oils and place it/them in a small bowl
and put them in the microwave for 1 minute max. This is especially
important for coconut oil which needs to liquefy. It’s important to
know that although a change in temperature is important, you should
never ever risk burning your scalp. Test the mixture beforehand. If
it feels uncomfortably hot for your fingers, it’s definitely too
hot for your scalp. After you’ve determined that the mixture is
safe, massage it gently into your scalp and cover all your hair
with a plastic cap.

Allow the mixture to work for an hour massaging intermittently,
then proceed to wash your hair as usual. Repeat the process on a
weekly basis.

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Roxy Johnson

Typical beauty and fashion enthusiast, always looking out for the moment's hottest trends